government. this free lunch important to you? government. did you take the school bus? government. letting people know that all of these things that we sort of think of as a part of the world, police officers, if we do a better job, people making decisions, people who make decisions that directly impact you, that's the stuff you get hooked on voting, not because the candidate is cool or because -- just because it's an election year. they stay hooked forever. >> politics are polarized. the greatest thing about being mayor is often times it's not partisan. so the great thing obviously is there's no democrat or republican way to fill a pothole. on a local level, we cannot touch this then. we had to balance the budget. there's things we have to do is mayor to solve problems. when you look at polling nationally, mayors are often the most popular politicians compared to congress on their 14% approval rating which is come out over the couple days. as mayor you can solve problems. sometimes in an hour, sometimes two hours. my mentor and former mayor now congress is one of the things he mis